Enjoy the things you can afford
Brand: Marabou Found at: Coop Cost: 15KR When I was a tween, I went with my family on a hiking trip in Sweden. It is possibly the most privileged thing I’ve ever done, and it was marvelous. I’d always wanted to go to Europe – I’d hassled my parents for years about it... Continue Reading →
Brand: Cloetta Found at: Coop Found at: 7.5 KR You cannot go wrong with a milk-chocolate bar filled with caramel. Unless, of course, you name it “Plopp.” But as much as this candy bar evokes like the sound that ruined the romance of a horse-drawn carriage ride, there is a reason that it’s a... Continue Reading →
Brand: Swebar Found at: ICA Cost: 15KR Protein bars: the catfish of candy bars. I like to pretend that I’m eating healthy food, but really it’s just a socially acceptable way to cram 21g of sugar into my face while at the same time implying that I exercise. And what a glorious 21g of... Continue Reading →
Brand: Bourbon Found at: Lawsons My father’s favorite aphorisms is “gilding the lily,” declaimed at such wonton excesses as eating bacon on a burger, putting chocolate sauce on ice-cream, and wearing earrings and makeup to the same event. It’s one of a long line of fatherly one-liners that later turn out to be references... Continue Reading →
Brand: Fujiya Cost: 129 yen Found at: Ministop It’s official! The name of the new era in Japan has been announced. As of April 30th, the Heisei Era (“peace everywhere” era) – the 31 year-long era in which I was born – will be over and the Reiwa (“joyful harmony”) era will begin. For... Continue Reading →
Brand: Meito Cost: 108 yen Found at: Daiso I have not been in Japan long enough to fully distinguish between the waves of seasonal food flavors and the waves of fad food flavors. I’m starting to recognize what is eaten when, but there is still so much that I have to learn when it... Continue Reading →
Brand: Tirol Cost: 45 yen Found at: Family Mart I don’t love cheesecake. Which is odd, because I have a massive sweet tooth and I love cheese. But cheesecake has just never quite won me over. It’s disconcertingly both moist and dry – and that vaguely creeps me out. This is not something... Continue Reading →
Brand: Fujiya & YBC Cost: 130 yen Found at: Family Mart After the first chocolate, I thought to myself, “Ah, yes - just another gimmick to sell chocolates.” The second chocolate confirmed my suspicions: the chips were not nearly salty enough to be truly delicious. The third chocolate, eaten in the interest of fairness,... Continue Reading →
Brand: Tirol Cost: 108 yen Found at: Daiso Last weekend, my coworker invited me to go to on his family trip to a farm. He told me that we were picking strawberries and, having been to a fair few “pick-your-own” farms in my day (humble brag), I was not expecting very much. I assumed... Continue Reading →
Brand: Yooraku Cost: 27 yen Found at: Daiso Why did you buy four Double Soybean Black Thunder bars, you ask? Are they really that good? Are they an equal to their single-soybean counterpart? No. No they are not. But I am a weak. In trying to buy one of these... Continue Reading →
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